04-06-2004, 09:12 PM
"I find that most people at my current school (as noted previously: Northern Virginia Community College) pay no head to the ~$170 per course that they pay, and many pay little attention to the grades they receive, and think nothing of dropping courses habitually because they choose not to show up for the first exam."
Well, maybe that would be a problem, but I think Pete's ideas would solve it as well as it could be solved.
As for raising the bar, well, if the average level of education goes up, and companies start demanding higher degrees, then great! A better educated population, more quality jobs, higher standards for intellectual quality. Sounds like a good idea to me. You still won't need a PhD to do plumbing, though.
Jester
Well, maybe that would be a problem, but I think Pete's ideas would solve it as well as it could be solved.
As for raising the bar, well, if the average level of education goes up, and companies start demanding higher degrees, then great! A better educated population, more quality jobs, higher standards for intellectual quality. Sounds like a good idea to me. You still won't need a PhD to do plumbing, though.
Jester